Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
HE SKIPPED BY THE LIGHT OF
THE MOON.
He Took His Good Will With Him But
Left His Valise Containing $500.

One Dan Arson, we'll known in Butte
Eagle Rock and Philipsburg, but not fav
orably known in either place, was OF res
taurant fame and in that business (Which
usually proves to be all profit proved tt
be all loss. Dan was q cunning fellow anc
had laid by q few cold hundreds for a rainy
day and had some thought OF basking ir
the suns warm rays OF tropical California,
made all his plans to lea We the ''burg'' be
tween two days. Dan had a biscuit
shooter in his emploo who was to help him
take that dreadful
STEP TO BEAT HIS CREDITORS.
The wielder was sent to a store to
buy a valise, after which he was to take
said valise to the express Office and get u
receipt for the same, for which he was to
receive five large silver dollars. When all
this was done Dams man Friday helped
the ~absconder on his horse, handed him
his gun and babe him q fond and affection.
ate goodbye with the understanding that
the five was being held in trust by a friend
whom Dan named. No sooner had the fug-
tive assembled the nights beyond the city7s
limits than the party Of the second part
repaired to the house OF his banker to
learn to his sorrow that he had been
duped, that no money had been deposited
and his credit was not to be extended fur
Their. From some cause
THE yALIsE WAS DELAYED
and Dan became anxious, whereupon he
telegraphed to his better hall, who was in
Anaconda, to come to Salt Lake at once;
that her mother was very sick and he sure
to get his valise in the Philipsburg express
Office. Mrs. A. came at once and found the
va IIG0 q q nQaCrihn1 on1 ronfal En- %n1rn "a
saying ut only contained q few pieces oil
my personal wardrobe"
Had Dan only acted squarely by the last
man he had dealings with and left the
aforesaid william" to the credit oil his
pal he would not nave had one whom he
loved dearer thru his own life (?) turn
traitor and by this means lose all his
worldly treasures.
To maze sure that the valise only con.
tanned the lady's clothing an officer was
called in. who opened it and found, as the
lady had stated, it contained a few uulaun-
dried articles OF wearing apparel, but on
closer Investigation there were discovered,
rolled up, in a pair OF unmentionabl.s,
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS.
No time was lost; the news spread rapidly
that a very rich vein OF ore had been struck
in Featherman & Co 8 store that ASA we'd
away up in the hundreds. When it was
learned that Dan Auson was the locator
attachments were placed on it by business
men, washer men, confidence men and ga.
loon men, coming from all quarters. Mrs.
A., noting how treasures laid up on earth
will not only mold and rust, but become
attached, made hay while the sun didn't
shine and notified her lord and ma ster that
the thing had taken q turn which was not
altogether agreeable and that for which
men sell their souls had been taken from
them and If he did not want to begin life
anew he had better take time Ivy the fore
lock and demand his valise from the ex.
press agent at Blackfoot. Idaho. Dan does
require a sidewalk to fly up aud knock
him down before he tumbles, but grasped
the central thought at once and went to
said express officer at Blackfoo, and, with
his receipt in hand, 1auntei it in the
agent g lace in a manner which, il that gen.
tlenan had not been Of a very even tenn
permanent, he would have taken a decided
dislike to Dan. He (the agent) tool the
stating that he would send a
tracer, which he did by sending the receipt +
to Mr.. Holland, the agent at this place,
.hersupon Mr.. H. tore the receipt up, and !
BY this time Dan may be a sadder man.
and We think we are safe in saying he is a
one.